| 100% | SERGEANT | 8 | John —, broadcaster who authored 2001 memoir Give Me Ten Seconds |
| 32% | HACKETT | 7 | John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 30% | HACKETT | 7 | Sir John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 29% | WAX | 3 | Ruby —, comedienne who authored 2002 memoir How Do You Want Me? |
| 29% | WAX | 3 | Ruby —, comedian who authored 2002 memoir How Do You Want Me? |
| 28% | RAYNER | 6 | Claire —, broadcaster who authored novels Sixties and Fourth Attempt |
| 27% | OCONNOR | 7 | Des —, entertainer who authored 2001 autobiography Bananas Can't Fly! |
| 25% | SCOTT | 5 | Sheila —, British aviator who authored 1968 volume I Must Fly |
| 25% | DEREK | 5 | John who played Joshua in "The Ten Commandments" |
| 25% | GRISHAM | 7 | John who authored 17-Across and 42-Across |
| 25% | LASSETER | 8 | John __, animator-producer who gave birth to Woody |
| 25% | DEBEAUVOIR | 10 | Simone —, French existentialist philosopher who authored 1949 work The Second Sex |
| 25% | DESOCONNOR | 10 | Late entertainer who authored the 2001 autobiography Bananas Can't Fly! |
| 24% | RAND | 4 | Author who posed the question “Who is John Galt?” |
| 24% | LEGEND | 6 | John who had a hit with All Of Me |
| 24% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author who received an O.B.E. in 2001 |
| 24% | SHEL | 4 | Author and cartoonist Silverstein who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 24% | IMNOTREADY | 10 | "Hold on, give me a second" |
| 24% | FRANK | 5 | American poet ___ O'Hara who authored "Why I Am Not A Painter" |
| 24% | ELTON | 5 | John who sang with Britney Spears on "Hold Me Closer" |
| 24% | WYNDHAM | 7 | Author John, who wrote The Day of the Triffids |
| 24% | MADDEN | 6 | Flamboyant NFL broadcaster John who retired in 2009 |
| 24% | NICCIFRENCH | 11 | Pseudonymous writing team who authored thrillers Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly |
| 24% | DENVER | 6 | John ___, American singer-songwriter who sang "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
| 24% | BARTLETT | 8 | Author John who printed his first edition of quotations in 1855 |
| 23% | MCENROE | 7 | Tennis great John who narrated "Never Have I Ever" |
| 23% | CECELIA | 7 | Irish author Ahern who wrote PS, I Love You |
| 23% | ASIMOV | 6 | I, Robot sci-fi author who developed the Three Laws of Robotics |
| 23% | BEAR | 4 | I'm a large furry mammal who sometimes gives birth while hibernating |